{"product_id":"helleborus-foetidus","title":"Helleborus foetidus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHelleborus foetidus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, the stinking hellebore, is one of only two hellebores native to Britain, and in the depths of winter it behaves like nothing else in the flora: from January to April, airy heads of pale green bells, each rimmed purple-red, stand above deeply fingered, black-green evergreen foliage. It holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit, and queen bumblebees emerging on mild winter days depend on it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardiness and seasons.\u003c\/strong\u003e Rated H7, the RHS's top rating, hardy below -20C: there is nowhere in the UK too cold for it. Individual plants live three to five years but self-sow gently, so a planting renews itself indefinitely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the garden.\u003c\/strong\u003e A chalkland native, superb in dry \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/plants-for-shade\"\u003eshade\u003c\/a\u003e under deciduous trees, threading through an \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/exotic-border-plants\"\u003eexotic border\u003c\/a\u003e, or anywhere its architectural winter presence can be seen. One of the hardest-working \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/collections\/plants-for-pollinators\"\u003eplants for pollinators\u003c\/a\u003e in the bleakest months. And the name is unfair: it smells only if you crush the leaves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GROW TROPICALS","offers":[{"title":"9cm \/ 0.5L","offer_id":58942784962943,"sku":"HELLFOET9","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0361\/9645\/0348\/files\/helleborus.jpg?v=1793202687","url":"https:\/\/growtropicals.com\/products\/helleborus-foetidus","provider":"GrowTropicals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}